The Many Saints of Newark

2021 Drama | Other
63%

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up during one of the most tumultuous eras in New Jersey's history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family's hold over the increasingly race-torn city. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolises, Dickie Moltisanti, who struggles to manage both his professional and personal responsibilities - and whose influence over his impressionable nephew will help make the teenager into an all-powerful mob boss. Crime drama prequel to The Sopranos, starring Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Ray Liotta and Michael Gandolfini - the real-life son of James Gandolfini, who played the main character in the series.

Our Review

by Brian Lloyd
Star Rating:

'The Many Saints of Newark' never has the makings of a crime classic

Set almost thirty years before the events of 'The Sopranos', Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola) takes young, impressionable Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) under his wing as Dickie attempts to navigate the changing landscape of Newark's criminal underworld, as well as dealing with a tumultuous relationship with his father (Ray Liotta)...

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